Senior Payroll Analyst

TL;DR

Senior Payroll Analyst: Lead and support end-to-end payroll activities for an assigned country with an accent on accurate, on-time payroll delivery, local compliance, and complex payroll/tax/benefits scenarios. Focus on resolving escalated payroll issues, validating payroll data and reporting, and driving standardisation, automation, and service enhancements across payroll operations.

Location: Nottingham

Company

hirify.global is a global water solutions company advancing sustainable impact and helping people make water work every day.

What you will do

• Lead and support end-to-end payroll for the assigned country, ensuring payroll is accurate, on time, and compliant with local legislation and internal controls.
• Handle complex payroll matters including tax treatment, benefit deductions, absence impacts, off-cycle payrolls, retroactive adjustments, year-end activity, and special payments.
• Act as a subject matter expert for benefits, time management, and leave of absence processes, resolving escalated issues and ensuring payroll impacts are reflected across processes and systems.
• Support compliance, reporting, and continuous improvement by maintaining accurate records, validating payroll data, identifying risks/discrepancies, and improving processes.
• Collaborate with Country HR, People Support, HRIS, vendors, Finance, and other stakeholders to provide guidance on payroll matters.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of progressive experience in payroll operations.
• Local qualifications in Payroll or Accounting.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax regulations, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting payroll, time, and benefits processes, ideally in a complex or multinational environment.
• Strong systems capability across payroll, time, and benefits platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, conditional formulas, data validation) and strong analytical/problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement (as indicated by #LI-Hybrid).
• Global, international environment with cross-functional collaboration across HR, Finance, HRIS, and vendors.
• Focus on continuous improvement, process standardisation, and automation to enhance service delivery.
• Opportunity to work as a senior subject matter expert and improve employee experience through reliable payroll operations.

Hiring process

• Interviews to assess payroll expertise, compliance knowledge, and stakeholder management experience.
• Discussion of experience with complex payroll scenarios, reporting, and continuous improvement.